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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., has asserted that politicians — particularly those within her own party — should vow not to accept “AI money.”
“Politicians — especially Dems — should pledge not to take AI money. They are buying up influence ahead of the midterms, and Dems who take AI $ will lose authority and trust as the public bears the cost,” the progressive “Squad” member wrote in a Thursday post on X.
“Their money will end up being toxic anyway. People are catching on.”
FETTERMAN SLAMS AI DATA CENTER MORATORIUM PROPOSAL AS ‘CHINA FIRST’
Rep. Alexandria Oacsio-Cortez, D-N.Y., waves to the crowd ahead of Zohran Mamdani ‘s inauguration as the 112th mayor at City Hall Jan. 1, 2026, in New York, N.Y. (David Dee Delgado/Getty Images)
Tennessee state Rep. Justin Pearson, a Democrat who is running for U.S. Congress, expressed his agreement, responding to Ocasio-Cortez’s post by writing, “Yes!!!!!!!!”
Ocasio-Cortez and Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., are pushing a proposal to impose a moratorium on the building and upgrading of artificial intelligence data centers in the U.S. until various regulations are implemented.
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Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., conduct a news conference to announce the Artificial Intelligence Data Center Moratorium Act in the U.S. Capitol Wednesday, March 25, 2026. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
“Our bills learn from our lack of regulation following the similar rise regarding the internet and demands a new approach to AI, one that protects the American people from Big Tech’s egregious overreach … one that centers prosperity for the many over exorbitant profits for the very few,” Ocasio-Cortez said during a press conference Wednesday.
Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., has rejected the idea of such a moratorium, labeling the notion “China First.”
“The emerging chassis of AI must be built by America. We can put appropriate guardrails in place without handing the win on AI to China. A moratorium is China First,” Fetterman declared in a post on X.
Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., speaks during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026. (Graeme Sloan/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
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“Once these companies can be on the up-and-up — providing their own energy, building out and investing in the infrastructure, refusing to free ride off of the American people — then we can continue to develop and explore this technology,” Ocasio-Cortez said during Wednesday’s press conference about the AI data center moratorium proposal.